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  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  I say welcome! Come on in, the water is just fine. I hope that you ... to all of your questions - remember, the only way out is to THINK your ... admissions office is forced to work through the heat.) Consider this your

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  actually trying to reach me. The good thing is every so often one of those ... very much in the spirit of MIT. Grants like this and this are extremely ... ’s time to share the wealth, so I’m here to lay out for you all the tips and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures of me

  

  One of the requested entries a while back was for me to post some ... . Me in fierce boffer combat with Dan '08 on the Random Hall roofdeck ... rate), and the debate is one of the few parts of the process that I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  replying to slack messages at one in the morning. on those weeknights, the ... myself that it's the right thing to do, that this is what work-life balance ... students came, most in the area because of various internships. i remember

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  Summer is a great time to visit colleges in Boston. There are more ... also suggest some good places to get lunch or dinner on campus or in the ... advice on in the posts to come.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  the perils of group dynamics in poorly managed projects.  People tend to ... technology is all the rage. An idea's no good if it's just stuck in your ... to go the accelerometer route; the ADXL345 is a quite advanced 3-axis

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  - to determine what the best move is in any given scenario, since the ... mode during which we coded most of the bot in the last 24 hours. If ... closest my team will ever get to a cash prize is the 27 days we spent

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  FPOPs). In my FPOP, I got to see the wonders of MIT’s mechanical ... MIT with just a suitcase, a duffel bag, and a backpack. To the left is a ... me is saturated with newness. I’m still adjusting to making new friends

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  he's one of the most famous physicists in the world! His name is in all ... filled-out completion form. I turned in both to the HASS office, and felt a ... , really) has trouble reconciling "Alan Guth is in the room with me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist, Etc.

  

  ?" (Hah! The answer is definitely 'no' - elaboration to come.) But I can ... Oh, boy, I feel like I have so much to tell you guys and yet things ... 've likely seen on Matt's blog, we went to the waitlist today and offered

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  I'm writing to announce that the application for first-year undergraduate admission to MIT for the aspiring Class of 2025 is now live. You can ... -time applicants to MIT, this application is newer than most, and we're [annotation

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  resolution links (for the most part) as those are pretty unpleasant to look at ... arrived in New Haven about 9:10. Three taxis took us to the Courtyard ... around and not the gold. I took some time off in the middle of the day to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  hello again ヽ( ´¬`)ノ

  

  Allow me to (re)introduce myself. My name is Chris Peterson. For ... . The last year was one of the most intense, incredible, challenging and ... the people. Every day I spent in the Lab was a day surrounded by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  10. I won't have to think about the Crystal Field Theory... ...Which is unfortunately what we happen to be learning about in my 5 ... interested in and is rather visible in society. For the first time in my life

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  (how the heck was I supposed to know what Ihrer meant? it's in some crazy ... want to. In the Friday's 3.091 lecture, Professor Sadoway delivered a ... Yesterday one lucky prefrosh got to be hosted by me through the MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  semester (although I haven't had the chance to build most of them... yet ... this by using a microcontroller to amplify the sound, much like an ... a metal pipe hitting the ground? Rockin’ in the Wind is a set of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  soul searching at CES 2019 a non-journalist's take

  

  media affiliation), but I was able to get in on the last day for free ... actual Google house) to anyone willing to wait two hours in the line (not ... Studies) just because the classes I've taken in that field have been so much

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 15, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  students who went to this school in the past and used to write for us, could write only in words besides the words that most people in this place use ... different. From 1/15 to 1/31, the people who write here may write only using

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  students about MIT. The goal of these presentations is to demystify the ... direct to LAX. I spent most of the flight napping and reading back issues ... a lot of burger places, and it is not. Instead, In-N-Out is to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  usual method for choosing classes is to sign up for 12 of them, the ... of them. But I’m extremely averse to dropping classes later on in the ... to feel at home in the shop. I was in less pain than the previous two

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022